In the Eye of the Storm: The History of Lebanon Revisited [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Fawwaz Traboulsi | With few comprehensive histories of Lebanon, Professor Fawwaz Traboulsi's A History of Modern Lebanon, which weaves together more than five centuries of the country's social, political, cultural and economic history, has become a go-to reference for anyone who wants to understand the country. In this lecture, Traboulsi will share the problems he has faced in writing the history of Lebanon and how he has dealt and proposes to deal with these challenges. Th
Cinema-going in 1960s Britain
To many writers, sixties films summed up the changes transforming British society, but the films themselves reveal nothing about how they were received and remembered. Dr Melvyn Stokes and Dr Matthew Jones (UCL History) are investigating how cinema-goers remember the films they saw. Anyone who went to the cinema in 1960s Britain may share their memories via a short questionnaire: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cinemamemories/questionnaire-links
Project: 'Cultural Memory and British Cinema-Going of the 19
Treatment as Prevention: Can We Treat Our Way Out of the AIDS Epidemic? | The Forum at HSPH
With no cure or vaccine in sight, HIV/AIDS remains a devastating epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where nearly 70% of new HIV infections occur. To curb HIV/AIDS, researchers have proposed a strategy to use drug treatment to decrease new transmissions so much that the epidemic eventually dies out. The concept requires changes in standards of when anti-retroviral therapy begins and who receives it. Could “treatment as prevention” prove to be the strategy to finally end the AIDS epi
The Economist asks: Bjorn Lomborg
Poverty, health, education or climate change: where should governments spend their money? Bjorn Lomborg, author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist" and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre debates with Anne McElvoy and Jan Piotrowski, our environment correspondent.
INSEAD's Global Thought Leaders: Ideas With Power
Update: Herminia Ibarra, INSEAD Professor of Organisational Behaviour won the 2013 Thinkers50 Leadership Award and was ranked number 9 on the organisation's ranking of top management thinkers. W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, INSEAD Professors of Strategy and Management took second place in the top 50 thinkers ranking. INSEAD Professors Hal Gregersen, Gianpiero Petriglieri and Erin Meyer were all placed on the Thinkers50 Radar.
Lydia Johnston
Lydia weighed 377 lbs. before bariatric surgery at MUSC Health. She had tried various diets but nothing was successful long term. Now, after her surgery with MUSC’s Dr. Pullat, she pays attention to nutrition, exercises regularly and even runs half marathons. Lydia shares how bariatric surgery changed her life.
Information Security (06:01): Introduction
Simply put, this is one of my most favorite topics when it comes to talking about computers. In this video we layout the order of this lesson, as well as give basic definitions of:
•Machine-Level Security
•Network Security
•Internet Security
•Social Engineering (05:23)
Quarter 4, Lesson 11 - Inverse Variation
Inverse Variation is the topic in this lesson. We graph Inverse Variations, and learn about hyperbolas and their branches, asymptotes, and the constant of variation.
Of Men and War - Trailer (Doc Fortnight 2015)
Documentary Fortnight (Feb 13 - 28, 2015): http://bit.ly/1LfavqN
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The haunting psychological toll of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is laid bare in this powerful documentary, which follows a group of soldiers in a post-traumatic stress disorder therapy center in Northern California. Intense and emotionally raw, Bécue-Renard’s film achieves an intimacy rarely captured on film through the confessions of men who search for respite from what killing—and bearing witness to it—can do to
Dr. Danieley speaks of the formation of study abroad at Elon
Elon's study abroad program began under the leadership of President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley. Dr. Danieley told the humorous story of how it all got started during 2014 Spring Convocation in Alumni Gym. Get a full recap of Spring Convocation here: http://bit.ly/1edJ51M
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Preparing for Growth-Accelerating Partnerships
Influential alliances can help grow your business fast. It’s never too early to start building your global network.
Virtual Maths, Density formula simulation
Density, mass and volume interactive formula, simulation
How to open a hotel
Courtney Finlinson
How to open a hotel
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The Economist asks: Paul Collier
Is there a better way to deal with refugees? Best-selling author and development expert Professor Paul Collier speaks to The Economist's Robert Guest and Emma Hogan about why the UNHCR's model on refugees is broken and how to fix it. He argues that the model needs to change from free food and shelter to work and autonomy.
Removal of the Brain in Human Cadaver - Neuroanantomy
Enterprise in the sports industry
This presentation discusses Drucker's thesis that failure is a "good thing" if the opportunities that arise from such failure allow the development of personal and enterprise skills
Pity the Super-rich
The road to success is paved with more than just money. Finding enduring things that matter is one way of avoiding wealth fatigue syndrome.
Forensic flavour
This case study describes the current trend for crime scene investigation drama and news stories of personal tragedies involving incorrect or missing data have been harnessed to capture the attention and inspire learning and enterprise skills in students studying database compilation
The Economist asks: The wordsmiths Our Johnson columnist, Lane Greene, decodes the language of 2018 with Lynne Murphy, author of “The Prodigal Tongue” and Anton La Guardia, keeper of The Economist’s style guide. Which words best sum up the closing year? They debate “woke bros” versus “iron snowflakes”, the pros and cons of Americanisms and the key to great writing.
